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The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-12-31
THE BEAUTIFUL CITY

Scattered as the city is over quite a
large territory, vet the most distant
parts are intimately connected with 8
street car line which is well equipped
with cars and has a fine road bed OH
two of the principal streets. Cars pass
all points at convenient intervals, and
this mode of transi: is 50 well appreci-
ated and made use of by our citizens
that the enterprise has proved profit
able investment. The streets are well
lighted with gas at cost eminently sat
isiactory to the city. a fine system OF
waterWorks was put in by company
three years ago, and at the presens time
six miles of mains have been laid and
the company has on its list 235 consu :
mers. Next spring additional mains
will be laid and 100 more consumers
added to the number of those who
eri"y this cheap luxury.
iiie of the many elements which tcuti
/" u:"i" this city me OF r.u.arhab.c
promise ale the
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-12-31
THE COMING Il ,0M.

Lafayette county, one of the banner
divisions OF this great state of Mis-
souri, and Justly regarded as one of the
wealthiest, lies next to, aud on the east
of, Jackson county, which has within
the past few years attained celebrity
and attracted world wide notice owing
oils, Kansas City. Lafayette county
has an area of over 400, 900 acres OF
tillable land, all of which is divided
into farms and is in high state of cul-
tiva ion. The sell is rich in plant foods
to depth of ninety feet, and in these
plant foods lies the secret of the mex
hausiible fertility of our farms. The
farmer here finds that when the sur
face soil Is exhausted he Is not required
to purchase fertilizers and spread on
the surface tor nature has provided
more valuable reviewers, and he has
but to set the plow little deeper and
it turns up the subsoil, which is the
richest replenishing material that
could be used. Ii will thus be seen
that our farms are ineXhaustible, pro-
ducing each year abundant crops of
grains, cereals, vegetables and bounte-
GUS yields of the succulent blue grass.
Not only is it noted for uniailing crops
but also for it's adaptabiiity TO stock
raising. The grasses, including the
same quality OF blue grass which has
aided in making Kentucky the home of
the thoroughbred and trotter, are here
in abundance, and the interest which
is being fostered among our farmers in
blooded stock of all kinds will ere
many years elapse make this one
of the greatest producing counties of
the southwest for thoroughbred cattle,
sheep and horses. Sufficient rain falls
during the year to afford plenteous
moisture for the growing grains result
ing each season in most excellent crops,
and failure is a matter SO utterly un-
known among our farmers that i'll com
paSisOn with other states not so iorlu-
m a thiS annaarS 9 the
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-12-31


oap1qh Asbury, at Mexico: Lon
tE134 den, and Senova Fulkersop
attsAsif at home spending Christ
.sslqo Eeatie reacaed home last
S Winfield. kas.. where for
,yHd &st she has been teaching
80 Noen and Luce will s,art 9
theg nortN they are lu>t waiting
n,sapt is reported II will be Inde,
The members ot the Chris,ia,
tsst{' their pastor, Elder Loos
.li a generous donation on
ol,le Mr.. W. j. Chambliss of the
uese e sick list thu. wees Ur
nnSIN AsburI, lehman, knip.
Branch. Vivian, McCord
n6Nichols and Catron. of Hig-
hvsnnid court at Lexington. Mis-,
var,fhe eion. Is in town visiting the
well 4 lie. Miss Senova Fulkersor
to emf Iady guests from the y 1a
sent hfin2,9n, expects TO wi
as wefshalla few days next
and Tregatlon gave Rev. n
we win on Wednesday Ii ight'
viii iii
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-12-31
HOMEMADE WAGONS
JOHN e. QUANDT.

TNRANKLIN AVENUE, bas on hand and foJ
IL sale, quite number OF Farm Wagons. made
in Lexington. by skilled workmen. from Il e
very best timber procurabie, and warranted Ia
he equal If not superior to any wagon ever sold
or manufactured here. Any sized thimbie
sEein now in stock ard with all the hest and
latest attachments, such as spring seats, lever
brakes. etc. Also
Hone-ysade spring Wagons.
warranted IN every particular. Call ard exam
ine wagons and get prices before purchasing
elsewhere, and encourage home mechanics
when you can do well or better with your
monev by purchasing here innr2bv1
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-12-31
LEXINGTON,

Lea
admirably located on high bluff Oh
the south bank of The Missouri river
and its population is placed al COCO
Ii was founded in 1872 but Il city char
ter was not obtained until 1915. One
of the oldest and best known of all
Alissouri's cities, its history is at once
interesting and instructive. Here was
fought one of the battles of the rebel
lion, and it was skirmishimg ground
for the troops OF both sides for some
lime during the war. 1t is beautiful!
city regularly laid out, with broad
streets and large squares; city OF
elegant houses, costly churches, sub
stantlal business blocks, fine schools
aud colleges, and where as large IL vol
ume of business is transacted monthly
as al any other point Of like size in the
west. Two long, broad streets, Main
and Franklin, are lined on either side
with three story blocks containing elc
CANT stores lighted by plate glass win
dows and having within stocks ni
goods which would PIT many CITY
stores to shame. Between these street>
is the public square Oh which stands
the large courthouse and other county
buildings built in 1S45. In the tail
tower of the courthouse and visible
from all parts of the city is the s'town
clock" which daily records The divis-
ions of time for a happy and contented
people. Many are the beautiful shaded
drives in and around the city, for the
streets are naturally smooth and hard
as macadamized pavemcuts. The res
licences, like the business houses. are
built mostly OF brick, and Sc. back. a
they are, from the street with spaciou,
grounds covered with shrubbery tC
delight the eye, Lexington can wei
claim the title of
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-12-31

church O-morrM
Sunday school atM
\. NJ. C. A.%
night. at :! o'clMB
Morri,oE-W entu.W
Services at lhesMIj
VOW morning a
I o'clock. Eevar3.
oihcisi!nG. anil
Eev. l.. IL Shl 4
will preach al tlcOsI
morrow at IL OF te'
o'clock, i. II, orO
!. n. {. A. toion
Methodist churcl ~
er aud Gods anSlssd
:. 2 R;ianl wIs.as
Services at Sec.tt6
ed every Sund;lM
Sunday saaoc! Ts'
hs every WednR2
award, pastor. ~ ~,
Daily services ia
slOck, a. m.; SlRl,
'SclOok, Il. m., ands.t
III Lilly, ohiciatim;
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-12-31

The beautiful custom of erecting
monuments iE memory OF the dead, ap-
pears in its full beauty at the Lexing-
ton cemetery, where the most appro.
pirate and elegant designs are the
hamdiwork of John G6hner. A visit to
his shop at the corner of Franklin and
Ninth streets, shows a large number of
every variety OF monuments in course
of construction, the materials COM
prising Italian, St. Lawrence, Georgia
and Tennessee marble, Scotch and
American granite of both red and gray
varieties, Among the many stones
soon to be placed in position we saw
a handsome cottage design for Thos.
Potter and children, OF Dover, and an
order has been received for a Scotch
granite monument to the pemory of
Mrs. Ed. Wagner, of Odessa, tor Mr..
Gphner has many orders from all
cities in the county.
J. w. RINEHART,
The dealer in hardware, furnishes to
the community articles which are of
daily necessity, as we'll as many i'm
plements which are OF great use in
different departments of business,
farming, mining and ordinary house.
hold ccnveniences, many OF which are
of recent invention. j. w. Rinehart
has carried on the hardware business
here 81 years, longer than any other
proprietor, and his stock is so well
chosen and complete that it presents a
better appearance than any similar es-
tablishment i'll the city. 1t embraces a
general line of all lines of builders and
shelf hardware, farm implements,
mining tools, cutlery, household arti-
cles, all kinds OF pumps and the sup
plies needed for all classes of manufac-
ture. Mr.. Rinehart sells his goods as
low as they can be purchased anywhere
in the county. In every line he selects
his goods with view of satisfying all
classes of customers in this section,
and from his long experience and close
observation lie has a thorough know
ledge of the requirements OF the trade.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-12-31

Enterprise and foresight, qualities
which wherever exhibited command
respect, are nowhere more certain TO
bring success than in business career.
a community is always grateful for
any addition to its comforts and what
article of wearing apparal gives more
satisfaction than perfect fitting, easy,
gencer, together With the rest of our
citizens, is happy to ackno Wedge that
the i;rm of Smith II Bolton has edurat-
ed IL up to the tact that the best goods
are the cheapest in the long ;uu.
lit would be Well to state where theso
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-12-31
GARDEN SPOT

of the continent. Immense as are the
annual Yields ready market almost at
the very door of each producer exists
III the phenomenal city of the west,
Kansas City, which is distant only
forty miles. Yet despite their con,ig-
ui;y TO all excellent market, their Ter
liiity, unsurpassed arabili,y and loca-
ZION " here a heavy rainfall is an
annual certainty, the price OF these
lands is as yet very low Coed farms,
well improved, sell at forty dollars per
acre, and II land in the county briggs
as high as seveniyiive dollars per acre
the buildings must be indeed valuable.
at these figures rate of interest is GER
tain on The investment which discounts
railroad stock for amount and United
States bonds tor security. The lands
i'll this county offer opportunities ior
the investment of capital afforded by
| few other localities for their advance
ment in value is bound to keep pace
with the rapid and certain growth oI
this the richest state in the union. A
| farm here of 160 acres is fortune, fol
the value of the agricu tural products
alone yield most satisfactory returI
on money invested. ct when W.
state that all this boundless expanse o
tillable fields which in the garnerins
season smiles with plenty is under,
laid with coal and that too at deptl
of only few feet it will be readily ap
preciated that the two told purpose TO-
which they can be used agricullur,
and mining-will III time cause Il mucI
higher valuation to be placed on them
Lafayette county is indeed one of th
most promising among the many o
this part of the state, and fortunate j
he who has located here his household
gods, planted his own vine and ii:
tree with a determination to pass til
span of lie allotted him where peac
and plenty are assured him. Tie couu
lty seat or capital Of this favored
division is
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-12-31

1t is a pleasure to euter an establish
ment So complete in every department
aS the large double store on Main
street, opposite the courthouse square,
kept by NJ. f. Royle IL Son. During
Mr.. toyle's long business experience
i'll this city, since 1857, he has built up
the largest trade i'll dry goods, fancy
and decorative articles i'll the county.
As now arranged his mammoth estab-
iishnent comprises in one department
4 most comprehensive stock of dry
goods and notions, from which ladies
are enabled TO select the popular fab
rics i'll dress goods of any shade or
style, all articles of personal adorn-
ment, as well is the palmer goods tor
necessary household use. Ladies'
clOaks, in which there is wide range
OF choice, are being sold at one third
oil. Carpets are shown i'll ali grades
up TO the most expensive velvets and
body Brussels, and wall paper in the
most unique patterns. The west half of
this elegant store is taken up with the
art department, where the best music
boz ever brought to the city. contain
10y tive attachments, plays selections,
iruu operas Tor The amusement Of visi-
| tors. No better place can be found,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-09-21
Tex d otiCe !!
COUNTY TREAsURER,s OFFICE.
CLARENDON COUNTY.

MINING, S. G., Sept. Is, 1887.
TINE TAX BOOKS WILL BE OPENED
Z for the collection Of Taxes for the fiscal
year commencing November lst, 1886, OF
the 18th day of October 1857, and VIII re
main open up to, ana including the 18th
day Of December, following. after which
time The books viii be closed a2l penalty
Of I5 per centum will attach to al unpaid
Taxes as the law directs.
The following IS the
TS[ Levy
For State Purposes, Four and one
fourth Mills. .........-.....
For School Tax, Two Mills, ,.....-.
For Auditor aad Treasurer, four
tenths Of one Mil ll................. 40
For County Commissioners, Five
tenths Of one Mil. ll................. o-lU
For Sheriff, Coroner, StenoSraphe-,
Books, Stationery, Printing, and Con-
tingent expenses, One Mill.........1
For Clerk Of the Court, Tickets Of Ju
rors, State Witnesses, Constables and
Board Of Equalization, One Mil -.
For Trial justices, Eight teatas Of
one Mill NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $40
For Bridges and Poor, One Mil =.
For Late Deficiencies, Three-tenths
of one Mill.................-........ sic
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-09-21
RaiIroads-lnformation Wanted.

1.-The Eutawville R. r. Extension. The
last time We heard ANYTHING of this proposed
line, the contract for bridging Santee River
had been given ont, and The understaa ding
was that work was to have begun at once.
Some months hare passed and profound
silence on the subject has characterized the
operators, if they have done anything. Il
we may Judge Of what IS by what has been,
tits about time for President Barkley to
stand up and tell Us what has been done
and is now doing. Railroad men are never
modest. '.Toot your horn,' Mr., Barkley,
s.;f you don't sell clairo.' Is your road
dead, dying. or only asleep? Are you COM
ing to Sumter. or are you not? Let US hear
from you. Al that land for your shops
is here vet-it has not run away.
3.-The '.Three C's" Road
Information recently impaired is to the
effect that twenty fTe yards Of iron had &C
tualv been laid at Camden on this big
through line to the West.
That IS not much on line OF 700 miles,
but it is start II this click" IS kept up,
the 'three C's" will get there after q while
But the absorbing question is where viii it
get to? VIII it Cor theyl stop at Camden
branch of the s. c. Il. r. or build a line
from Camden, through Sumter to Charles
ton?
They Lave had a mortgage recorded in
this CoUnty and Clarendon, but it has been
shrewGl.r suggested that that movement nE.s
been made only TO induce the hershaw peo-
pie to sign the bonds they voted for where
with to;5uild this read, on condition thav
they coSe to the Sumter County line. Our
kershaw friends sAoG!d not 1s Il q hurry
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-09-21

The Constitutional Centennial cele-
bration was celebrated at Philadel-
phia with all the pomp and parade
the great occasion deserved. Over
two hundred thousand visitors were
attracted to Philadelphia, converting
the city Of sBrotherly Love" into e
vast theatre, Saturday the 18th, the
presidents day. president Cleveland
delivered q glowing address on the
Constitution. He concluded as fol-
lows:
ave stand to-day on the spot where this
rising sun emerged from political night
and darkness andin its own bright nerd
ian light we mark its glorious way: clouds
have sometimes obscured its rays and dread
full storms have made rs fear, but God has
held it in its course and through Its Efe-
giving warmth hos performed this latest
miracle in the creation or this wondroGs
land and people As We look down through
the past century to the origin Of our Con-
stitution: as we Contemplate its trials and
its tr;unphs; as we realize how completely
the principles upon which it is based have
met every National peril and every National
need, how devoItly should We confess with
Franklin, God governs in the affairs OF
men" and how solemn should be the re.
hection that to our hands is committed
this ark of the peoples covenant and that
ours is the d-ty to. shield it from impiops
hands. We receive it, sealed with the tests
of a century. It has been found sufficient
in the past and in all future years it will be
found sufficient if American people are
true to their sacred trust. Another centen-
NAL day viii come and millions yet unborn
will INQUIRE about our stewardship and the
safety Of their Constitution. God grant that
they may fnd it unimpaired, Anc. as We re-
joice in patriotism aud devotion, like those
who lived one hundred years ago, SO may
others who follow US rejoice in our fidelity
and in our jealous love for Constitutional
ISberSy
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-09-21

Rock HUI, Sept. IA church court
was held here yesterday TO consider the
case of Rev. E. c. Prce the Methodist
minister. accused Of sl2ndering the sister
of J. &. johnson, young druggist Of this
place, Who publicly cowEided the reverend
gentleman therefor, just as he was aboat 10
take the train to join a lady to whom he was
to be married, and 10 whom he has since
been welded. The decision Of the court IS
th:t the minister be suspended froEa his
holy Office ior the four months next ensuing.
which viii allow his case TO come before u"
general Methodist Cortererce which meets
at about that time, before he will again be
allowed to oficiate as pastor Cot,tna%d Reg
iSter
The above has been denied by correspon-
dence IN News and Courier Tuesday.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-09-21

Over 406, COO PERSONS are now on the pen
sion list and there was paid to them in the
past year alone 73,IG7, ,5SI, an increase OF
nearly 50, 100000 over the previous year.
The News and Courier saSsestively remarks
that it woulG sec hat this vast amoant OF
money is s;fi.c ~ 10 enable the Govern
mens 10 support n i0leness every E::an or
the Federol side who w&s scratched y =
bullet during he war. 1t certainly {" lows
from q study Of the t:gurcs. either taae the
Confederate soldiers were wonderful marks
men, or that :: Very large proportion OF the
soldiers on the other side We're vc-E pooG
when they entered the army, 0: haze been
sinSalGr!y unfortunate, or inIroTldeat
since they left It.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-09-21
And there is still another way, fa-
DEATH OF WAsE1seroS's NEXT OF KIN.

DEATH OF WAszISGroSs NEXT OF KIN
William a. Washington, up to his
death the nearest living relative Of
Gen. George Washington, and who
was the last male representative of
the name, died at his home in
Owensboro, Ky. He was 81 years Of
age and was in many respects q most
interesting character. He was born in
Virginia, april Is, 1900, and moved
to Kentucky when about six yesrs
old. He was a son of f fairfax Wash
ington, second cousin of George
Washington, and was the Oldest OF
ten children.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-09-21
THE TAX BILL

Provides, that all Taxes herein assessed
shall be due and payable in the following
kinds, and no other: Gold and Silver Coin,
U. S. Currency, National Bank Notes, ana
Coupons which shall become due and paya-
ble in 1887, Oh State Bonds known as
Drown Bonds, and as Deficiency Bonds
Pror;ded, hoeeerts ,aatJury Certificates, and
the per diem Of State Witnesses il the Cir
cult Courts shall be received for Cn1nty
Taxes not including School Taxes.
The Tax Bill further provides, tat there
sRa4 be no extension q lime for collection Of SID
tares tsyond ths 18th csay Of December 1887.
The Treasurer's Office will be open at Man
ming for collection Of said taxes from Octo-
Der 18th to December 18th, except during the
time consumed in filing the following
Appointments:
Brunson's Cross Roads, Monday, October
II.
David Lewis Store, Tuesday, October is.
S1nmerton, Wednesday, October 49,
Fulton, Monday, October q
D. ". Brailsfords Store, Tuesday, Octo-
Der Is.
Hodges Cross Roads, Wednesday October
26.
Tindals aEll, Monday, October 81.
Joseph Sprotts Store, Thursday, Novem-
Der 3.
Frank DuGys Old Store, Monday, Nov-
ember tie Z.
Foreston, Thursday, November 10.
Thomas Wilson's Sill, Monday, Novem
Der Il
Earvin's Station, &C. r. E.) Thursday, NJ
vemberi il.
J.J. Conyer's, Saturday, November 10.
Midway-McFaddin' Store, Thursday,
November q
James NJ. Husbands Store, Monday, De-
cember ).
j. J. McFaddin,s, Tuesday, December G.
w. Gibbons, Wednesday, December {.
New Zion, Thursday, December S.
H. II. HUGGINS,
County Treasurer
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-09-21
B. S. DINhINS, Editor.

Judge Hudson mas just concluded
a series OF articles IN the Ae1r> ard
Courfeer on the criminal Jurisprudence
of the State. lie exposes the weak
ness Of the system in strikingly
logical manner, and shows the disad-
vantages the Stale labors under in
prosecuting prominent persons accus-
ed OF the most serious crimes. lie
recommends the following changes in
the law, which he believes Will be at
least partial remedy for the present
existing evils:
a. That the c.hce Of coroner
be, united with that OF the Leading
trial Justice at each county seat. Except IL
Charleston, } who shall be required TO be
q LAWYER, and that he shall be required to
collect CAREFUL: the evidence IN the cases
before him and to prepare the cases for the
solicitor: that he should also attend the
trial and assist the solicitor in the prosecU-
ton. (2.) That the full panel Of petit Jurors
be forty-eicht, the defendants right OF chal-
lenee remaindingas it is, and the State
challenge being increased to FIVE. at least
g. Thatin trials for capital offences the
Jury shall not be allowed to separate until
the verdict is rendered a. That the Judge
shall have the right to s'sun1 up IN his charge
by review of the evidence. (5.l That the
right of bail to convicts pending appeal he
discretionary with the Judges.
What Judge Hudson says viii have
its weight with the people and should
influence the next General Assembly
to at any rate, weigh carefully the
suggestions he has made. He ranks
among the abIest judges on the bench,
and this fact with the recognition OF
his extensive experience as lur1ss,
merits FOR what be has pleased to ad-
vocate, the careful attention Of the
most intelligent minds of the State.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-09-21
Shrse is ast Argument.

There are two ways Of avoiding such IN
pleasant and stupid fights as that which
took place at Manning between two editors
on Friday last. One way is to be decent and
moderate in language and criticism in the
press; and the other is to be as immoderate
rs YOU please but to treat what is said IN a
strictly Pickwickian vein.-Hescs cnG Court-
e.
And there is still another way, IA
miliar to our contemporary. III I am
a liar, you are Ear; if I am rascal
YOU are another" This last means,
frequently resorted to by our metro
politan daily, is nauseating to many
of its readers.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-09-21

Totat; Twelve and One-courth Mills y Il
on the dollar OF the assessed value CT al Tax
able Property both real and personal.
All Male citizens between the ages of p
and 50 years, are liable to Poll Tax Of One
Dollar. except incapable OF earning a sup
port from beng manned OF from other cauS-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-09-21

They should hold the "tbree C's' to their
contract, and not allow themselves to De de-
ce;ved into giving up these bonds, until
better evidence Of coming to the Sumter
line has been given, than the mere record
ing Of 4 mortgage in this and Clarendon
County --.SMTte" AGcuHce